Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in the Wake of the Clots in Legs Or sTockings after Stroke (CLOTS) Study | Zendy

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Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in the Wake of the Clots in Legs Or sTockings after Stroke (CLOTS) Study

Author(s) -

Palbha Jain,

Elizabeth Ward,

Tracy Nevatte,

Christine Roffe

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.113.001458

Subject(s) - medicine , compression stockings , stroke (engine) , deep vein , venous thrombosis , discontinuation , cohort , pulmonary embolism , thrombosis , incidence (geometry) , cohort study , surgery , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering

In the United Kingdom, compressive stockings were standard care in all stroke units until the publication of the Clots in Legs Or sTockings after Stroke (CLOTS) trial results in May 2009, which concluded that stockings were ineffective. The aim of this audit was to assess whether this change in practice was associated with any change in venous thromboembolism incidence in routine clinical practice.

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